Fabricato SA (FABRI CB), the largest publicly traded
textile maker in Colombia, increased 0.5 percent to 93 pesos,
the highest close on record. Shares have gained in line with an
increase in repurchase agreements, known as repos, as some
investors use the contracts to leverage their positions, said
Jairo Agudelo, an analyst at Celfin Capital in Medellin. Repos
on Fabricato shares have a balance of 300 billion pesos ($169.8
million), the most out of any stock in Colombia, according to
data compiled by the exchange.

Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETL CB), Colombia’s largest oil company,
was unchanged at 5,030 pesos after falling as much as 1 percent.
Ecopetrol said in an e-mailed statement that an attack on an oil
well in southern Colombia killed five workers from contracting
companies. Transport through the company’s Cano Limon Covenas
pipeline is halted today following a separate assault, the
company said in an e-mail.

Petrominerales Ltd. (PMGC CB), a Calgary-based oil company
that operates in the Andean region, declined 3.3 percent to
19,120 pesos as crude slid from the highest level in a month in
New York.